In his final performance, #KitasanBlack with Yutaka Take becomes Japan’s all-time leading racehorse by earnings as he wins the G1 #ArimaKinen (7th G1 win) at Nakayama Racecourse. Retires to Shadai Stallion Station.

Wow! Thank you for that photo. "The Black" is one truly stunning horse. He seems to have all the presence, power and fire of his grandsire, Sunday Silence. I wish him and his human family all the best as "The Black" begins his stud career.

Ah I *did* miss a song when the Dubai Racing feed cut out during the post-race ceremonies.

Kate Hunter @KeibaKate
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How many owners compose and sing a song in honor of their racehorses? Mr. Kitajima, a famous singer in Japan, serenaded his beloved Kitasan Black at Nakayama this evening after he won the G1 Arima Kinen. “Kitasan Black, Arigatou”https://www.facebook.com/pkmshiu/posts/ ... 4129191494

lurkey mclurker wrote:tachyon do you know if Rouge Buck, Reine Minoru & Mikki Queen will race next year, or are they too being retired?

Reine Minoru will remain in training.
I don't know about Mikki Queen.
Rouge Buck will be retired by the end of March to be a broodmare. I don't know if she has already run her last race.

Rouge Buck(JPN), 2012M. Manhattan Cafe(JPN) x Ginger Punch(USA), has officially been retired from racing.
It was a big shame that she could not get to a G1 victory, while she credited four graded wins beating the boys each time.
She was such a popular filly.
And we all hope that she will be a G1 producer in her long career as a broodmare.

lurkey mclurker wrote:She always gave her best, a very game filly. Do you know who they will send her to, tachyon?

I was wondering the same thing.

As Rouge Buck is a Northern Farm's mare, she will be bred to one of the Shadai Stallions (unless she is sent to overseas).
King Kamehameha has to be the logical choice.
But she has a lot of options at Shadai ... Lord Kanloa, Harbinger, Maurice, Duramente......